Most authors know that a book can change your life (particularly if it’s yours and becomes a best-seller) and Fast Company writer Mike Grothaus has found that his personal experience of a life-changing book is backed by scientific research. Read more...

Short-term discounts at low prices can bring you long-term readers willing to pay higher prices once they know and like your books, according to research by leading ebook promotion specialist Bookbub. Read more...

The final flat-rate payment to authors from Kindle Unlimited didn’t exactly go out in a blaze of glory as Amazon shelled out the second-lowest royalty rate of $1.35 per borrow for June despite a massive KDP Select fund of $11.3 million. Read more...

New fonts designed for e-reading are all the rage at present, with Amazon launching bespoke slab serif Bookerly and now, surprisingly, Google Play Books springing specially designed Literata as the default typeface on its app. Read more...

It turns out that I was too hasty to say that Amazon isn’t interested in updating the software/firmware for older Kindles. Not only has the company issued a software update for the first-gen Kindle Paperwhite but it’s also added a new sharing facility. Read more...

Ebook distributor Smashwords is offering assetless pre-orders (no book or cover required) for indie authors and says books launched as pre-orders earned triple the amount made by books uploaded on day of release. Read more...

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